SC · Chapecó immediate region

São Carlos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won São Carlos with 66.51% of valid votes against 33.49% for Lula: a margin of 33.03 points, 36.60 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +27.62pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,225; 124th largest electorate in Santa Catarina
Side changes: 4; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: No; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

São Carlos+33.03 pts
Santa Catarina+38.84 pts
Brazil−3.57 pts

Negative = left ahead; positive = right ahead.

Margin over time

Right − left margin in each election (the runoff where there was one), compared with Brazil's.

Every election

Year	Round	Candidates (% of valid votes)	Margin (right − left)	Bloc ahead	Turnout
2026 10/25/2026	Round 2	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)66.51% Lula (PT)33.49%	+33.03 pts	Right bloc	86.97%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)63.47% Lula (PT)28.57% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.76% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.51% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.45% Zema (NOVO)0.15% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Samara (UP)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+37.76 pts	Right bloc	84.78%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)63.21% Lula (PT)36.79%	+26.41 pts	Right bloc	85.98%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)55.54% Lula (PT)36.69% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.77% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.73% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.72% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.44% Vera (PSTU)0.06% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+23.01 pts	Right bloc	85.17%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)62.24% Fernando Haddad (PT)37.76%	+24.47 pts	Right bloc	83.95%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)53.42% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.73% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.74% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.68% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.45% Alvaro Dias (PODE)1.87% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.00% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.51% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.32% Marina Silva (REDE)0.25% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+27.99 pts	Right bloc	84.14%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)56.74% Dilma (PT)43.26%	+13.48 pts	Right bloc	85.63%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)52.98% Dilma (PT)42.13% Marina Silva (PSB)3.70% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.46% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.23% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.20% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.20% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.00%	+6.76 pts	Right bloc	86.33%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)53.28% José Serra (PSDB)46.72%	−6.56 pts	Left bloc	87.64%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.12% José Serra (PSDB)39.88% Marina Silva (PV)5.58% Plínio (PSOL)1.16% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−19.88 pts	Left bloc	89.33%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)50.99% Lula (PT)49.01%	+1.99 pts	Right bloc	83.74%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)54.98% Lula (PT)39.23% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.24% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.31% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.12% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.10% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	+10.43 pts	Right bloc	84.87%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.19% José Serra (PSDB)30.81%	−38.37 pts	Left bloc	82.23%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.17% José Serra (PSDB)17.88% Garotinho (PSB)12.76% Ciro (PPS)7.78% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.11%	−64.24 pts	Left bloc	84.35%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)39.93% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)34.93% Ciro Gomes (PPS)16.44% Enéas (PRONA)5.52% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.89% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.50% Eymael (PSDC)0.48% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.38% Sirkis (PV)0.38% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.23% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12%	−16.28 pts	Left bloc	80.55%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)36.69% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)21.52% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)20.62% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)8.12% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.18% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)6.01% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.48% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.38%	+46.74 pts	Right bloc	85.91%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc

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Official TSE results by municipality (1994–2026); the 2026 runoff comes from the TSE's official results publication. Every municipality's index can be downloaded at /dados.